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Geoeconomics and Management
  • Date submitted
    2020-06-12
  • Date accepted
    2020-06-15
  • Date published
    2020-12-29

Analysis of project organization specifics in small-scale LNG production

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Gas industry plays an important role in the global energy sector, and in the coming decades amountsof natural gas production will only increase. One of the fastest growing trends in gas industry is the production of liquefiednatural gas (LNG), which is associated with the necessity to organize flexible systems of gas supply to the regions,remote from gas extraction sites. Industrial structure of LNG production includes projects, belonging to several different groups depending to their scale, in particular, small-scale production (SSLNG), cumulative production capacityof which is approximately 10 % from the industry-wide one. Economic aspects of implementing such projects remainunderexplored, which does not allow to draw objective conclusions regarding the prospects of their implementationin particular regions.This paper contains a review of publications, devoted to SSLNG project studies, aimed at identifying specifics oftheir organization compared to projects of greater scale. The results demonstrate that the majority of internationalcompanies classify projects as SSLNG, if their annual production capacity is below 0.5 million tonnes per annum.Specific capital costs, as well as implementation timelines of such projects, are several times lower than those of projects with greater production capacity, which reduces their risks and minimizes barriers to market entry. Furthermore,SSLNG is the most decentralized subsector in gas industry, aiming to cover the market due to a growing numberof projects, not their specific production capacity. These specific features define significant prospects of SSLNGdevelopment in Russia, both in the context of energy supply to remote regions and diversification of export deliveries.

How to cite: Tcvetkov P.S., Fedoseev S.V. Analysis of project organization specifics in small-scale LNG production // Journal of Mining Institute. 2020. Vol. 246 . p. 678-686. DOI: 10.31897/PMI.2020.6.10
Geoeconomics and Management
  • Date submitted
    2019-07-24
  • Date accepted
    2019-09-13
  • Date published
    2019-12-24

Integrated mining projects in underdeveloped territories of Russia: substantiation of implementation parameters

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Complex mining projects, as a rule, have significant economic and social impact on the territory, sometimes entire regions where they are implemented. Consumers of their implementation effects are population, government, buyers, lenders and other stakeholders. Therefore, development of transport infrastructure in integrated projects for development of mineral deposits should have state support, forms of which are very diverse. In Russia parameters of concession agreements for construction of transport infrastructure, carried out in conjunction with projects for development of mineral deposits, are not regulated or justified. Aim of the work is to develop an organizational model and justify parameters of concession agreement for construction of the railway as a key element of transport infrastructure necessary for successful implementation of the project for development of a large coal deposit in a low-developed region. Research methods are: strategic, institutional, investment analysis, modeling and forecasting methods. The article proposes an approach to justification of technical, economic and financial parameters of concession agreement implemented during realization of an integrated mining project. As a result of the study, a concession agreement model was developed for construction of railway section as part of an integrated mining project, including development of a deposit and construction of a mining and concentrating company.

How to cite: Ponomarenko T.V., Khan-Tsai E.A., Bavuu C. Integrated mining projects in underdeveloped territories of Russia: substantiation of implementation parameters // Journal of Mining Institute. 2019. Vol. 240 . p. 724-730. DOI: 10.31897/PMI.2019.6.724
Geoeconomics and Management
  • Date submitted
    2018-07-22
  • Date accepted
    2018-09-07
  • Date published
    2018-12-21

Game theory model of state in-vestment into territories of advanced development in the regions of mineral resources specialization

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Historically developed and non-compliant with modern conditions, the structure of industry placement and related inequality in economic development of certain territories are additional negative factors that hinder economic development of the country. Hence, the search for new organizational forms and methods of territorial development, facilitation of industrial growth in regions with mineral resources specialization become more and more relevant. Another no less important issue is justification of economic feasibility of using such tools and assessment of critical consequences of their application. Suggested by the authors, game theory model of state investment into territories of advanced development describes the method of limited resources distribution and becomes an instrument to assess the feasibility of investment into creation of advanced development territories under the conditions of insufficient information and actions of specific interest groups. Application of the suggested game theory model of state investment into creation of advanced development territories allows to forecast behavior of program participants, to model consequences of management decisions both for government structures and separate program participants.

How to cite: Kozlov A.V., Teslya A.B., Chernogorskii S.A. Game theory model of state in-vestment into territories of advanced development in the regions of mineral resources specialization // Journal of Mining Institute. 2018. Vol. 234 . p. 673-682. DOI: 10.31897/PMI.2018.6.673
Mining
  • Date submitted
    2015-10-01
  • Date accepted
    2015-12-11
  • Date published
    2016-08-22

The technology of extracting gaseous fuel based on comprehensive in situ gasification and coalbed degassing

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The study considers a comprehensive technology (designed and patented by the authors) of developing coal and methane deposits which combines in situ gasification of lower coalbeds in the suite of rock bump hazardous gassy beds, extraction of coal methane and mechanized mining of coal. The first stage of the technology consists in mining gaseous fuel that enables one to extract up to 15-20 % of total energy from the suite of coalbeds. Geodynamic zoning is used to select positions for boring wells. Using the suggested technology makes it possible to solve a number of tasks simultaneously. First of all that is extracting gaseous fuel from the suite of coalbeds without running any mining works while retaining principal coalbeds in the suite and preparing them for future processing (unloading and degassing). During the first phase the methane-coal deposit works as a gas deposit only, the gas having two sources – extracted methane (which includes its locked forms, absorbed and adsorbed) and the products of partial incineration of thin coalbeds, riders and seams from thee suite. The second stage consists in deep degassing and unloading of coal beds which sharply reduces the hazards of methane explosion and rock bumps, thus increasing the productivity of mechanized coal mining. During the second stage coal is mined in long poles with the account of degassing and unloading of coal beds, plus the data on gas dynamic structure of coal rock massif.

How to cite: Shabarov A.N., Tsirel S.V., Goncharov E.V., Zubkov V.V. The technology of extracting gaseous fuel based on comprehensive in situ gasification and coalbed degassing // Journal of Mining Institute. 2016. Vol. 220 . p. 545-550. DOI: 10.18454/PMI.2016.4.545
Problems in geodynamic and ecological safety in the exploration of fields of oil and das, their storage and transporta
  • Date submitted
    2009-10-21
  • Date accepted
    2009-12-15
  • Date published
    2010-09-22

Geoecological monitoring as an information base of accident-free operation of gas mains under conditions of the Far North

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The present report considers dangerous destructive processes that may result in serious accidents during operation of gas mains under conditions of the Far North, and also measures to prevent them.

How to cite: Pystina N.B., Baranov A.V. Geoecological monitoring as an information base of accident-free operation of gas mains under conditions of the Far North // Journal of Mining Institute. 2010. Vol. 188 . p. 163-166.